Protecting the dead from opportunistic body snatchers.

The giant figure on the back of this turtle-shaped temple actually hides a memorial pendulum.

Rows of stone statues are dressed up to mourn children that are lost before birth.

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.

The tallest city hall in the world offers an excellent bento box.

This faux-seedy Japanese arcade is made up to look like a maze of alleys straight out of a cyberpunk dystopia.

The highest monastery in the world operates a tiny guesthouse with doors open to all.

After being lost for decades, this striking mural depicting the atomic bomb covers the wall of a busy Tokyo metro station.

The ship built to ferry passengers and goods to the doomed Titanic is now the last remaining White Star Line vessel.

This "floating railway" is one of the world's oldest monorail systems.

This painted Lego bridge is the product of over a century of locomotive history.

Once the tallest building in the world, this abandoned church is now a monument to the destruction of WWII.

Thousands of coffin-like pillars make up this controversial Holocaust memorial.

One of the first hotel rooms in a pod.

The 10,000 Torii shrine.

This little town supplies Japan with most of its calligraphy brushes, still made by hand from animal fur.